Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 37, 14 October 1946, Page 5

Local and General

New Books - At the monthly meeting of the Public Library Committee the followingbooks were selected,: Landfall, H. Jordan; The Reluctant Widow, Georgette Heyer; Nightcap and Plume, G. Preedy; Aston Kings, H. Parkington; The River Road, F. P. Keyes; ouble Figures, Joan Butler; Peter” Domanig, V. White; Look Away, Look Away, L. T. White; Bright Day, J. B. Priestley; The Black Honeymoon, C. Little; Rose, Timson, M. Stein; Near Paradise, Ann Stafford; Then and Now, S. Maughan; Brideshead Revisited, E. Waugh; Lost Moorings, Simeon; African Portraits, Stuart Cloete. Condition of Highway Comment was made at the recent meeting of the Opotiki Chamber of Commerce on the state of the highway between Opotiki and Whakatane. Since the meeting .members:’ of the chamber have travelled over the road and state that the condition of the road between Opotiki . and the Waimana turn-off is greatly improved as the result of the planer smoothing out the road. The main complaint in connection with. the road is on the other side of the Waimana turn-off. «. The Public Works engineer, Mr Wilson, has always shown a., willingness to co,-.. operate with the chamber in matters such as this, and his interest is appreciated by the chamber.'

Hospital Gifts Acknowledged Gifts to the Hospital during the month of September were acknowledged by the Board at Thursday’s meeting as under: Magazines, Mrs Parsons, Mrs Gordon, Mrs Miles, Mrs Comer, Mrs R. Tirhbs, Mrs Cobbes, Mrs Mora, Mrs Langenberger, Miss J. Knight, Mr Harland, Mr H. D. Paterson, Waimana W. 1., Awakeri Junior Red Cross; books and comis, Miss Heather Reynolds, Ann Reynolds, Mr Tennant, Arthur Cole, John Free; flowers, Mrs Jones, Mr B. Sladden, Awakeri Junior Red Cross, Knox Sunday School, Methodist Church; lemons, Mrs Orr, Mrs McDonald, Mr Robins, Mr Langeson; sandwiches, Ohope Progress League.

South Island Incident

Illustrating the shortsightedness of the authorities with regard to the nursing profession, Mr HI C. McCready at Thursday’s meeting of' the Whakatane Hospital Board said that the Medical Officer in charge of the Invercargill Hospital had trained several male nurses in order to offset the shortage of females. For; his pains he had received a letter from the Health Department alleging that he was breaking the law and . would have to stop the practice. - The doctor wired back: “What am I - to dd with my patients—gas them?” He had not received any *; further communication to date.